What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? This memoir by Martin Luther King III provides insight into one of history’s most fascinating families and into a special bond between father and son.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Martin Luther King III was one of those four little children mentioned in Martin Luther King’s groundbreaking “I Have a Dream” speech. In this memoir, Martin Luther King Jr.’s son gives an intimate look at the man and the father behind the civil rights leader. Mr. King’s remembrances show both his warm, loving family and a momentous time in American history.

About the Author

Martin Luther King
Jr. (1929–1968) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son and grandson of
pastors. He graduated from Morehouse College and Crozer Theological Seminary,
becoming the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama
at age twenty-five. He subsequently earned his PhD from Boston University. In
1957, he and other civil rights leaders founded the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, an organization he led until his death. A proponent of
Gandhian principles of nonviolence, he led many protests and demonstrations for
civil rights, including the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August
29, 1963, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Winner of the
1964 Nobel Peace Prize, he continued to fight for civil rights, the eradication
of poverty, and the end of the Vietnam War. He was assassinated on April 4,
1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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